Hat and coat hook



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P. TAYLOR.

HAT AND GOAT HOOK.

Patented Nov. 28, 1893.

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HAT AND COAT HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 509,630, dated November 28, i893.

Application led March 30, 1893.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK TAYLOR, of Lowell, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in I'Iat and Coat Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hat and coat hooks made of wire, and has for its object to provide a simple, strong and inexpensive hook, made of a single piece ot' Wire.

The invention consists in the improved construction which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification: Figure l represents a perspective view oi' my improved construction. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 represents a View showing the piece of wire of which the hook is composed, after the first stage inthe operation of forming it into a hook. Figs. et and 5 represent respectively a side and a front elevation of a modification and Figs. 6 and 7 represent respectively a perspective View and a rear elevation of another modification.

The same letters and numerals of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

In carrying out my invention, I take a piece of wire, and bend the same upon itself at a point nearer one end than the other, vthus forming a U- shaped piece, composed of a longer arm 2, a shorter arm 3, and a connecting neck 4. The arms 2 and 3 in the constructions shown in Figs. l, 2, 6 and 7, are disposed side by side for a considerable distance from the neck 4, and form an elongated hat-hook a, their arrangement being such that at any cross section ot' the hook a on a line substantially at right angles to the direction of projection of the hook, they are in substantially the same horizontal plane and give the hook a broad bearing surface. At the in ncr end of said hook, the longer arm 2 is bent downwardly at 5a portion of the residue of said arm being bent to form a coat-hook I) below the hat-hook, while another portionis intertwisted with a portion of the arm 3 and terminates in an attaching device or spur 6, which is adapted to be secured to a Wall or other suitable support. The arm 3 is bent upwardly at 7, the part of the arm above said Serial No. 468,289. (No model.)

point being interlocked with a part of the arm 2 and terminating in an attaching device or spur 8. It will be seen that the hook thus constructed is simple and strong, there being no liability of its parts being bent out of place. The interlocking of the arms 2 and 3 above the inner end of the coathook materially increases the strength of the hook and consti tutes a rigid shank or neck connecting the spurs 6 and 8 with the hooks.

I do not limit myself in all cases to the interlocking of the arms above the inner end of the hook a, as said arms may be extended upwardly side by side without being intel'- locked, if desired, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7.

In Figs. 4 and 5 another modification is shown in which the members of both hooks are shown in the same vertical plane instead of being shown side by side.

I claiml. A hat and coat hook, composed of a single piece of wire comprising a neck and two arms of unequal length, portions of the arms constitutingaloop-shaped hat-hook composed of two members relatively arranged as described to present a broad bearing-surface, while a portion of the longer arm comprises a loop-shaped coat-hook also composed of two members relatively arranged as described to present a broad bearing-surface, the free ends of the arms extending above the inner end of the hat-hook and provided with attachingdevices, as set forth.

2. A hat and coat hook, composed of a single piece of Wire comprising a neck and two arms of unequal length, portions of the arms constituting a hat-hook, while a portion of the longer arm constitutes a coat-hook, and another portion is interlocked with a portion of the shorter arm above the hat-hook, the free ends of the arms constituting attaching devices located above the inner end of the hat-hook, as set forth. t

In testimony whereof I have signedy my name to this specidction, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 24th day of March A. D. 1893. i

FREDERICK TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

A. D. HARRISON, W. S. MoLEoD. 

